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Brief History of Rugby: Volume 3: 2000-2022

Brief History of Rugby: Volume 3: 2000-2022

by Cook, Alastair
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2000s-2020s A new century dawns and professional rugby is now well established. The Five Nations becomes the Six Nations, the Tri-Nations is soon to be contested between four nations and renamed The Rugby Championship. The Rugby World Cups for both men and women have grown into major sporting events and are watched by billions around the globe.

Satellite and Cable TV coverage contracts finance the game as global audiences increase. The rapid expansion of the internet provides access to archived newspapers and gives rise to social media, providing millions of fans around the globe with a constant stream of content for review, debate and discussion resulting in a situation where every comment, gaff and slip-of-the-tongue from players, coaches, administrators and fans alike are recorded for posterity... and therefore creating rich pickings for A Brief History of Rugby.

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Pub dateNov 1, 2023
ISBN-100473690438
ISBN-139780473690434
LanguageEnglish
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